Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] for the next " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was that four travellers were now sitting in the airport terminal waiting for the next flight , which was probably full anyway . |
| 2 | Nobody sits at home waiting for the next assignment . |
| 3 | The petitioners also asked the King to postpone approval of a constitutional amendment calling for the next Prime Minister to be elected , until the post-election government was set up . |
| 4 | It left taste buds tingling and a palate crying for the next course — a veritable masterpiece ! |
| 5 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 6 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 7 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |